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Saudi Arabia accused of hacking London-based dissident satirist


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2019 May 28, 9:23pm   477 views  1 comment

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/saudi-arabia-accused-of-hacking-london-based-dissident-ghanem-almasarir

Saudi Arabia has been accused of launching a sophisticated hacking attack against a prominent dissident in London who is allegedly living under police protection, according to a letter of claim that has been sent to the kingdom and seen by the Guardian.

The letter of claim, which was delivered to the Saudi embassy in London on Tuesday, was sent on behalf of the Saudi satirist Ghanem Almasarir, and alleges he was targeted by Saudi Arabia with malware developed by the NSO Group, the controversial Israeli surveillance company.

NSO’s Pegasus software has allegedly been used by Saudi Arabia and other governments to target journalists, human rights campaigners and political activists. ...

“We use the space of freedom in the west, in Europe and America and the Saudis want to take this freedom away from us by making me and others feeling like we are living in prison,” Almasarir told the Guardian. ...

Almasarir, who has lived in London since 2003, is known as a sharp-tongued critic of the Saudi royal family with more than 400,000 followers on Twitter. He has said his YouTube channel, the Ghanem Show, which has received 230m views, is meant to increase awareness of Saudi’s human rights record and poke fun at the royal family.

The letter of claim describes allegations of intimidation, including Twitter campaigns against him that are said to have promoted violence, as well as attempts over the years to lure him back to Saudi Arabia or to travel outside the UK.

The Saudi embassies in London and Washington did not respond to allegations of an intimidation campaign.

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1   Patrick   2019 May 28, 10:23pm  

Don't know if you're serious or not, but I agree.

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